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| Full name | Lauren Ashley Wenger |
| Born | March 11, 1984 (1984-03-11) (age 41) Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Lauren Ashley Wenger (born March 11, 1984) is an Americanwater polo player for theUniversity of Southern California, who received the 2006Peter J. Cutino Award as the best collegiate water polo player among Division I NCAA teams. Her position is two-meter defender.
Wenger wasAll-American atWilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California, and earned a scholar-athlete award all four years. In 2002, she played on the US National Team that won the Pan-American Championship. From 2003 to 2006 she attendedUSC, where in her senior year she led herTrojans team in steals and assists, becoming no. 8 all-time scorer with 127 career goals. In 2004, Wengers team won the NCAA championship.[1]
Wenger is a member of the U.S National Team, helping Team USA win silver at the 2005Water Polo World Championship. At USC, she majored in policy, planning and development.[citation needed]
She played her first international season for the Greek powerhouseOlympiacos inGreece in 2006–2007.[2][3]
At the 2008 China Summer Olympic games, she and the American team lost 8-9 in thechampionship game to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal.[4]
In June, 2009, Wenger was named to theUSA water polo women's senior national team for the2009 FINA World Championships.[1]
In 2011, Wenger placed 6th in the FINA World Championships with Team USA.
In August 2012, she won the gold medal in London 2012 Olympic Games with the US team, defeating Spain in the final match.[4]
In 2019, Wenger was inducted into theUSA Water Polo Hall of Fame.[5][6]
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